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Ethanol Plants Seek to Supply Hand Sanitizer
As hospitals and nursing homes desperately search for hand sanitizer amid the coronavirus outbreak, federal regulators are preventing ethanol producers…
Feds Fast Track Foreign Farm Workers’ Return
Farmers and orchard owners nationwide are breathing a little easier this week as more H-2A workers will be able to…
EPA Holds Off on RFS Waivers Decision
EPA announced its next steps on small-refinery exemptions following a recent decision by the Trump administration not to appeal a…
Farmers, Grain Companies Step Up to Help Out
With food banks charting unknown territory in the midst of a global crisis, farmers and grain companies in the Midwest…
Little Early Rice Planting in Arkansas, COVID-19 Effect Unknown
Finally, some rice is in the ground. Barely. DELAYED — Due to steady, intermittent rainfall throughout the winter and spring, essentially…
USDA Adds Flexibilities for Crop Insurance to Support America’s Farmers and Ranchers
RMA Offering Remote Assistance and Authorizing Additional Flexibility for Producers WASHINGTON, D.C., March 27, 2020 – USDA’s Risk Management Agency…
FSA Makes Changes to Farm Loan, Disaster, Conservation and Safety Net Programs to Make it Easier for Customers to Conduct Business
USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) county offices are open by phone appointment only until further notice, and FSA staff are…
COVID-19 Aid Package Offers Assistance to Rural America
The Senate advanced by a vote of 96-0 its Coronavirus Aid, Relief & Economic Security Act (CARES Act) in a…
The Coronavirus and Ethanol Demand Destruction
Extraordinary restrictions have been put in place in an attempt to slow the spread of the coronavirus in the U.S.…
Planting Blind-Why Some Farmers Don’t Know What’s on Their Seeds
With seed treatment use on the rise, farmers and regulators are becoming hard-pressed to keep track of the rising number…